Activision plans for online gaming |
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Activision plans for online gaming |
 13 Nov 2009, 17:24
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  Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003  |
Activision might have plans on making their games a "pay to play online" product in future.
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13 Nov 2009, 17:35
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 Hardly Diplomatic  Group: Legend Posts: 1468 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: Brazil Member No.: 4 Projects: Retired |
Yeah I had torrented the game because there was no demo. This just made sure that I will never actually buy it.
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13 Nov 2009, 18:10
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 Forum Chemist  Group: Members Posts: 687 Joined: 5 June 2009 From: Zeist, the Netherlands Member No.: 19 Projects: ShockWave Tester In birro veritas. |
Wow, Activision really wants people to hate them, don't they? :/
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13 Nov 2009, 18:42
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 Cool Guy Group: Legend Posts: 1317 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: Sydney Member No.: 46 |
If they do go forward with this there's a pretty high chance piracy will increase.
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13 Nov 2009, 18:57
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 League is Life  Group: Tester Posts: 748 Joined: 14 June 2009 From: America Member No.: 153 |
 Let this be the day i almost pirated your game. |
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13 Nov 2009, 19:28
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Group: Administrator Posts: 5732 Joined: 31 May 2009 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 1 Projects: SWR Productions Bitch slapping SAGE since 2003 |
QUOTE (Chyros @ 13 Nov 2009, 15:10)  Wow, Activision really wants people to hate them, don't they? :/ Seems so but i have always been heavily against the "pay to play online" concept and will refuse to sponsor publishers or designers by buying games which feature and i will not change my mind if they do this with populair serries which are "free" now. -------------------- |
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13 Nov 2009, 19:54
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 Gamer Girl Group: Legend Posts: 3808 Joined: 19 June 2009 From: Disboard Member No.: 182 Friendly Freelancer |
Did Activision not fuse with Blizzard anyway?
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13 Nov 2009, 22:11
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 Forum Green Group: Legend Posts: 1350 Joined: 4 June 2009 From: Netherlands Member No.: 17 Projects: SWR Productions |
QUOTE Tippl added there is a demand from its core fanbase willing to pay for additional services and content. I had tendencies to verbalize my opinion in a very profane way when reading this. Oh shit... like we would be 'willing' to pay for the Dragon Age Golem campaign as an additional service.. next to the launch of the game. --------------------  |
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13 Nov 2009, 22:14
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 GAAAAAAAAAIKIIIIIIIIING! Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 7 June 2009 Member No.: 68 |
Ironically there are already millions of people worldwide that do this for MMOs.
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14 Nov 2009, 1:23
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 BANNED Group: Members Posts: 728 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: Spain Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (RaiDK @ 13 Nov 2009, 19:14) Ironically there are already millions of people worldwide that do this for MMOs. Ironical nothing, there is a difference between "pay for play" like many MMO and other is "pay for the game, pay for play, pay for the patchs, pay for maps"  QUOTE Tippl added there is a demand from its core fanbase willing to pay for additional services and content. why i am suspecting they had this planned since a long time and IWnet is just one of the steps? --------------------  |
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14 Nov 2009, 9:40
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GAAAAAAAAAIKIIIIIIIIING! Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 7 June 2009 Member No.: 68 |
Because Activision's general approach is to squeeze as much money out of the consumer as possible?
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14 Nov 2009, 19:16
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League is Life Group: Tester Posts: 748 Joined: 14 June 2009 From: America Member No.: 153 |
Nothing wrong with pay to play , in that case your getting a equal share like everyone else is.
In most free to play MMOs ive played the person with money gets a massive advantage over those who play for free. |
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15 Nov 2009, 0:14
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 Officer of the European Continental Army Group: Members Posts: 2351 Joined: 7 June 2009 From: England, Great Britain Member No.: 71 Community Manager at Nexus Mods |
QUOTE (Zhao @ 14 Nov 2009, 15:16) Nothing wrong with pay to play , in that case your getting a equal share like everyone else is. In most free to play MMOs ive played the person with money gets a massive advantage over those who play for free. You present a good point Zhao - but the free players get an experience of the game for several reasons 1) To give them a preview before they buy 2) To let them have some kind of gameplay if they can't afford the full game 3) To see what subscription players get and how much better they are 
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